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Achieving innovation in central government organisations

Dunleavy, Patrick; Margetts, Helen; Bastow, Simon; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

The role of innovations in improving government productivity and the effectiveness of services has previously been … administrative innovations in central government are diverse, but most involve improving performance management, introducing new IT … projects or web services, as well as some physical technology changes. Many recent projects focus on joining up government and …

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Gender segregation in employment contracts

Petrongolo, Barbara - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EU countries, using micro data from the ECHPS. Women are over-represented in part-time jobs in all countries considered, but while in northern Europe such allocation roughly reflects women’s preferences and their...

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Survey on competing in network industries : firm strategies, market outcomes, and policy implications

Koski, Heli; Kretschmer, Tobias - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

We review the recent literature on market structure, firm strategies and public policy in network industries. In particular, we focus on the latest applied work, including case studies and empirical work as well as refinements of the established theoretical results. We group each set of results...

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Social Capital and Public Policy in Greece.

Paraskevopoulos, Christos J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

Social capital has emerged as a key concept on the social sciences in general and political science/public policy in particular over the last two decades or so, because, by facilitating collective action among the actors, it leads to increased levels of performance in several public policy areas...

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The internationalisation of public welfare policy

Banks, James; Disney, Richard; Duncan, Alan; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

With increasing globalisation of knowledge, there are increased opportunities to 'learn' from the experience of policy interventions elsewhere. This paper presents evidence on the extent of international convergence in public policy, with particular focus on labour, welfare, savings and...

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Cross-national rankings of intergenerational mobility: a comparison of approaches from economics and sociology

Blanden, Jo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

This paper summarizes research on the relative level of intergenerational mobility – whether classified by income, education or social class. The literatures on education and income mobility reveal a similar ranking with South America, other developing nations, southern European countries and...

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Evaluating spatial policies

Gibbons, Steve; Overman, Henry G.; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

In most countries economic prosperity is very unevenly distributed across space: regions, cities and neighbourhoods seem to be very unequal, whether we look at average earnings, employment, education or almost any other socio-economic outcome. Regional, urban and neighbourhood policies are often...

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Decentralization and local service provision: what do we know?

Ahmad, Ehtisham; Brosio, Giorgio - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

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Unrealistic optimism: still a neglected trait

Coelho, Marta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

Purpose: Unrealistic optimism is all around us, and it is a well-documented psychological phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to take a critical approach of the main research done in the area and to analyze the important impact that it has in many economic and managerial contexts. We also...

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More on Marriage, Fertility, and the Distribution of Income.

Greenwood, J.; Guner, N.; Knkwles, J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

According to Pareto, the distribution of income depends on "the nature of the people comprising a society, on the organization of the latter, and, also, in part, on An overlapping generations model of marriage, fertility and nature of the is captured by attitudes toward marriage, divorce,...

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